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Television
GOAT Week: The Greatest TV Series
Hardwood and Hollywood’s G.O.A.T. Week is a series of posts on various categories to be published in two-week period. Yes, there were so many categories, we had to do two weeks, not one! Here’s the...
Television
GOAT Week: The Greatest HBO Series
Hardwood and Hollywood’s G.O.A.T. Week is a series of posts on various categories to be published in two-week period. Yes, there were so many categories, we had to do two weeks, not one! Here’s the...
Culture of Pop
Revisiting 'The Wire' Characters Part 20 - Avon Barksdale
Ongoing for a serious chunk of the future, I will be revisiting some of the best characters to appear in HBO’s The Wire . My series will be a 30-part piece of admiration to the...
Culture of Pop
Avon Barksdale and the Word "Always"
Melvin Williams, the real life figure who inspired the beloved character Avon Barksdale of The Wire , has died at age 73. Called "Little Melvin" and infamous from his crime days in Baltimore, Maryland, the...
Culture of Pop
The Five Best TV Duos of the Last 10 Years
The best duos on television are both entertaining and memorable. While single characters can be powerful individually, duos present the deeper ability to communicate, interact, and exchange ideas. They bicker. They debate. They laugh. If...
